Ron,
Ron:
Any useful predicate is simple, and economical in explanation.
Tuukka:
Not true. The properties of the predicate "the truth value of the
Goldbach conjecture" are extremely complicated, yet resolving it would
be of some importance. Basically, if what you said here were true, any
mathematics above high school level would be "not useful".
Perhaps you are suggesting, that philosophy should be simple. If this is
too complicated for you, it's not for you.
Ron:
Analyzing the traditionally rationalist term of "everything that exists" or "God" or
"reality" or any abstract
noun, the discussion is aided by revisiting the monist/pluralist or the
rationalist/empiricist or the "one/many"
inquires of the ancient Greeks. The Socratic dialogs of Plato and Aristotle's
"metaphysics" are a great place to start to gain a more intelligible hold on
the issue you raise.
Tuukka:
You must have misunderstood the issue. By saying that a predicate is not
useful unless it's simple you are saying mathematic research is not
useful. You probably didn't mean -that-.
Ron adds:
If a "nonrelativizably used predicate" is essentially the same as what is known
grammatically as an "abstract noun"
then you are simply trying to solve a problem that doesn't really exist with a
kind of overcomplicated term
that does not offer a better, more simplified, easily understandable
explanation.
Tuukka:
A predicate is not the same thing as an abstract noun. They are not
required to be abstract. "Concept" would be a more correct intuitively
appealing designation.
I don't insist on using unappealing language. My work may be regarded as
a work in progress, and as such, names of things can be changed. But I
am currently using the name "nonrelativizably used predicate", because
it is the technically correct name for that thing, from a mathematical
point of view. Feel free to suggest a better name for more casual use!
Not everyone is an analytic philosopher.
Best wishes,
Tuukka
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